Alleged Non-declaration of Asset: Onnoghen Knows Fate April 18

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a2788947 cjn onnoghen Alleged Non-declaration of Asset: Onnoghen Knows Fate April 18
Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen

By Alex Enumah in Abuja

The innocence or otherwise of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, in the alleged non asset declaration charges will be determined come April 18 fixed for judgment by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Justice Onnoghen is standing trial on a six-count charge of false assets declaration filed against him by the federal government.

The Chairman of the three-man panel, Danladi Umar, on Monday fixed the date for judgment shortly after the defendant’s lawyer, Okon Efut (SAN), and the prosecution’s lawyer, Aliyu Umar (SAN), adopted their written addresses as their final brief of argument.

Also on that April 18, the tribunal would deliver its rulings on two applications filed by both the defendant and prosecution counsel.

Adopting his address, Onnoghen’s lawyer Efut urged the tribunal to dismiss the six-count charge because they were not known to law, adding that…



Source: Thisday Newspaper